Aloha! How to Host a Fun and Frugal Luau

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Considering of throwing a luau or “tiki celebration” on a price range? Look no additional!

The right way to luau for much less.

Hit your greenback retailer first. Earlier than you head to the celebration retailer, cease on the greenback retailer first. The Dollar Tree at present has an enormous collection of luau celebration provides with nothing over a greenback. This stuff embody: leis, “grass” skirts, tiki garlands, inflatable luau characters, plastic palm tree-shaped cups with straws, plastic coconut-shaped cups, tiki-themed tableware, stirrers within the shapes of palm timber and flamingos, umbrella picks, luau grass skirt desk fringe and extra. Occasion tip: miss a basket of leis so each visitor can take one.

Look on-line. Oriental Trading Company at all times has enjoyable luau provides in bulk – nice in case you are anticipating a big crowd. Plenty of enjoyable novelty gadgets, good for those who’re planning your luau as a children’ celebration. Gadgets embody: gummis within the form of flip-flops, foam flower lei craft kits, color-your-own tiki masks, children’ mini hula skirts, and extra.

Music. Say Aloha! to Pandora‘s radio stations, Hawaiian BBQ and Hawaiian Island Breeze. Or go to iTunes and obtain Don Ho or The Blue Hawaiians.

Drinks. For teenagers and people who don’t need alcohol, selfmade fruit punch or Hawaiian Punch served in coconut-shaped cups is bound to be successful. For adults, serve Blue Hawaiians or Living Locurto’s Tiki Rum Punch which is a mixture of cranberry juice, orange juice, peach schnapps, coconut rum, layered with oranges, pineapples, limes and strawberries.

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Meals. Suppose fruity. Rice cooked with pineapple. Kabobs with fruit in between meat. And a carved fruit centerpiece like this shark from Simply Swanky.

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Desserts. The proper ending to the right celebration is in fact, dessert. How cute are these flip-flop cookies from the Simplistically Living weblog? All you want: Nutter Butter cookies and frosting.

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Or how about these single-serve mini pineapple the other way up cupcakes? They’re straightforward sufficient to make, utilizing canned pineapple slices, butter or margarine, brown sugar, maraschino cherries and yellow cake combine. You will discover the recipe from Betty Crocker.

 

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Will you throw a luau this yr?

If you're entertaining this summer, you know how that party costs add up fast! We've got tips for how to throw a fun but frugal luau.